State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Richard J. Bolte, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division's reversal, holding that a warrantless entry into a home to arrest a suspect of minor traffic and disorderly conduct offenses is not justified by the hot‑pursuit or exigent‑circumstances exceptions to the Fourth Amendment. Consequently, the arrest was unlawful and the evidence of the defendant's refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test must be suppressed.